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Just for reference, the actual Economist tweet where the title came from: https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/603433973361041408 https://twitter.com/TheEco
by randomname2 11y ago
Just for reference, the actual Economist tweet where the title came from:
https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/603433973361041408 https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/603433973361041408
- randomname2 11y agoI would assume the reason this is getting so many upvotes/retweets is this is actually quite surprising to most people, who would still initially consider Indians of lower "social status" at first sight. Or maybe that's just a UK thing?
- meric 11y agoWealth != social status. E.g Garbage collectors have triple the median wage but to many they have low social status.
- Brakenshire 11y agoIndians in the UK are similar - tend to be high achievers, middle-class, model minority etc. In fact, perhaps even more so, because a big proportion of the British Indian population were the professional class ejected from East Africa by people like Idi Amin.